re: #294 ggt

No.

Well, unless they are violent when I catch-up to them.

I have a right to get my purse back.

A purse is a bit like a horse in the old times. Horse thievery was a big deal because it meant a man’s livelihood or even his ability to survive.

I feel that way about my purse.

I assume you are being facetious here, but this is something I see as a sign that society has progressed: we have come to value life over property.

One of the main arguments against abolition of slavery was that it constituted government confiscation of the slaveholders’ property, and hence, their livelihoods.